There are certain species, such as the Nightcrawler worm (Lumbricus terrestris), which are both widespread and have a high number of observations. However, L. terrestris also has a high number of observations which are misidentifications of other species. At best, these are other worms in the genus …

[image] mabuva2021: How much time does it take for the CV to be “retrained” on such a cosmopolitan and commonly observed species? The first step is making the corrective IDs. That can take days, months, or years, depending on how many observations there are and how many people have the expert…

Retraining the CV on commonly misidentified species

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vbjanos November 17, 2025, 10:39am 17

There are many more.
The “Sorcerer apprentice” is the best summary:
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/north-american-sinea-id-and-the-sorcerers-apprentice-problem/68337

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Retraining the CV on commonly misidentified species

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